Shloka 343
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
अजायत महाराजवंशे स च महाद्युति: । तदनन्तर दीर्घकालतक तपस्या करके वह शूद्र तपस्वी वनमें ही मृत्युको प्राप्त हुआ और उसी पुण्यके प्रभावसे एक महान् राजवंशमें महातेजस्वी बालकके रूपमें उत्पन्न हुआ
ajāyata mahārāja-vaṃśe sa ca mahā-dyutiḥ | tadanantaraṃ dīrgha-kāla-tapasā sa śūdra-tapasvī vane eva mṛtyuṃ prāptaḥ, tasya puṇya-prabhāvena ca mahān rāja-vaṃśe mahā-tejasvī bālaka-rūpeṇa utpannaḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「そののち、長きにわたり苦行（タパス）を積んだそのシュードラの修行者は、森の中で命を終えた。だがその功徳の力により、彼は偉大なる王家に再生し、比類なき光輝を帯びた幼子として生まれ出たのである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sustained tapas and virtuous conduct generate puṇya whose efficacy can shape future births; ethical effort is portrayed as a force that elevates one’s condition beyond present social status.
Bhishma recounts that a Shudra ascetic, after long austerities, dies in the forest and is then reborn—due to the power of his accumulated merit—as a brilliantly radiant child in a great royal dynasty.